The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-26
Farm and Stock Notes.

Though nuisance, crab-graSS is not OBJ
iectionable as hay if properly cured When
it is young all animals relish it and it pro-
vides an agreeable green food where but
little hay is grown.
Potato vines (which contain large guam
tity of potash should be carefully raked up
and added to the compost or manure heap
If in green condition they will quickly de
compose and should, therefore, not be al
lowed to dry on the rows after the crop is
dug.
A driven well can be put down in sandy
or loose soil at less cost than it takes to dig
and brick up an ordinary we'll, while the
water will be pure and free from decaying
loads and insects. AT this season all open
wells should be thoroughly cleaned out in
order to guard against animal matter in the
water.
Old bones and old cast-away shoes put on
pile of dried brush, the trimmings Of trees
and vines, with any half-rotted wood around
the place, and the whole converted into ashes,
will make an excellent fertilizer for the gar
den. A little limestone, if obtainable, add
ed to the pile will increase the value of the
remains
When manure is hauled to the fields and
left in heaps the rains wash out portion of
the soluble matter, and the consequence is
that when the crops are growing there will
DC SpOtS uGI6 anu WHICH are I'LL
slightly. The manure should either be spread
out when hauled or remain in the general
heap at the barn.
tits much better, when blowing the ground
late in the fall, to leave the ridges in the
rough condition instead of narrowing. as the
frost will exert more complete dislntegra-
ton of the clods By late blowing, espe-
cially after frost, the cutworms will be de-
stroyed and the land more easily cross
plowed the following spring.
Prof. E. w. Stewart says that one ounce
or less of oil meal to gallon of warm, sweet
whey will make it nearly equal in feeding
value to whole milk for the raising of a calf
to three weeks old, and after that another
quarter of an ounce may be safely added.
The oil meal should be dissolved in hot whey
before mixing with that of the right tenn
perature to feed.
Fowls that are confined in yards and kept
warm in winter will give better results the
entire year than when they are allowed to
roam at will. The hens that have free
range will sometimes lay more eggs in sum
mer than will those that are confined, but
the hens that are properly cared for during
the cold season will lay at time when the
highest prices for eggs are usually obtained
The old strawberry beds produce fruit a
little earlier than do the plants of the first
years growth. The old beds will require
hand wedding in the rows if the grass and
weeds are to be removed If this he not
done the seeds of weeds will be left to grew
the next season. Cultivate between the
rows well and train the runners in close to
the rows if thick bed of plants be de-
sired
Do not attempt to use kerosene and water
together, as the two liquids viii not mix
Hence some plants may be sprayed with
pure kerosene and others with the water If
the kerosene be first mixed with milk or
strong soapsuds, and water then be added
an emulsion may be obtained that will be
well mixed. Many plants are often killed
by improper modes of making the emul-
sion, and too much care in regard TO the
use of kerosene cannot be taken.
There is in Monmouth county, n. j., a
COW whose record as a breeder is so mar
Vicious that it is almost incredible She is
result of a cross between the JERSEY and
Ayrshire breeds and is now years old At
her first calving she produced three calves,
at her second calying three calves at her
third calving three calves, at her fourth two
and at her fifth four calves-in all, fifteen
perfectly formed calves in five years, at five
calyings: and each year she was bred to
bull different from the one preceding
This weighing of the milk, testing the
COWS and knowing to the dollar what one is
doing is a great help to the dairy farmer
and, for that matter, to every farmer. 1t
enables ilim to get rid of the poor mixers
and replace them with good ones; and the
latter cost no more to keep or handle than
the former. Then he can improve his pro-
duce by breeding TO a bull of good milk
ing strain, and thus add additional quarts
to each head daily Again, he can study
what feed is best calculated to increase the
flow of milk. He can put up ice and thus
keep his butter in good condition.